Decentralization and Subnational Politics in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9780521516792 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 312 str.

Tulia Gabriela Falleti

Opis

Tulia G. Falleti explains the different trajectories of decentralization processes in post-developmental Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, and why their outcomes diverged so markedly.

Recenzje

“Tulia Falleti’s study of decentralization in Latin America is a jewel of thoughtful, comparative analysis. Why is there so much variation in the autonomy of subnational governments? The answer is elegant and powerful: final outcomes depend heavily on initial reforms. A territorial coalition that prioritizes political over administrative decentralization carves a path to deeper subnational autonomy than one that prefers administrative over political decentralization. This is a must-read for anyone interested in decentralization.”
—Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Spis treści

1. Decentralization and the revival of subnational politics; 2. A sequential theory of decentralization and the intergovernmental balance of power; 3. Argentina: the national dominance path to decentralization; 4. Colombia: the subnational dominance path to decentralization in a unitary country; 5. Brazil: the subnational dominance path to decentralization in a federal country; 6. Mexico: the subnational response path to decentralization; 7. Conclusion: decentralization, temporal analysis, and territorial politics; Appendix: in-depth interviews.